Less than a year after missing Rugby World Cup selection, Michael Hooper is facing more heartbreak.
Michael Hooper is facing more potential heartbreak around selection for a Paris-bound squad, with a groin injury threatening his bid to win selection for the Australian sevens Olympic team.in France, Hooper is racing the clock to be available after it emerged he had picked up a painful groin injury in the last few weeks.
delayed his debut until Hong Kong last month, but Hooper has proven himself as a solid contributor in two tournament appearances.With only a month left before he names an Olympic squad, Manenti said the timing of Hooper’s injury was not ideal but stressed the veteran’s dream of playing in Paris is “not derailed”.
But a lingering injury may prove to be an insurmountable liability. Given the extreme athletic demands of sevens - and the limited squad sizes - most Olympic sevens coaches will baulk at picking an injured player. “He still has things to get; the hardest thing is he is hardwired from things he’s done his whole career and we are trying to get him to do things differently. That’s not easy so you need time.
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